Peter Woo

$12.03B

as of 04/01/25

About Peter Woo

Peter Woo was chairman of property developer Wheelock & Co. and its main subsidiary, Wharf Holdings, before stepping down in 2015.

His son Douglas, who is now chairman of Wheelock, took the company private in 2020.

Beyond property, Wheelock and Wharf control important telecom, port and retailing assets, including luxury department store chain Lane Crawford.

Woo started his career in 1972 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, where he met his future wife Bessie, daughter of the shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao.

In 1975 he joined her family's business in Hong Kong.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Hong Kong

Source of wealth

Real estate

Residence

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/05/46 (age 78)

Number of children

Education

Master of Business Administration, Columbia Business School

Self-made

inherited and growing

Peter Woo’s fortune is worth

200K

troy ounces of gold

185K

median U.S. household

120K

median U.S. income

0.241%

U.S. credit card volume

0.048%

GDP of the United States

0.035%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

HONG KONG | 3988-HK

Bank of China Ltd.

HONG KONG | 1097-HK

I-CABLE Communications

SHANGHAI | 601398-CN

Industrial & Commercial Bank of Chin

HONG KONG | 647-HK

Joyce Boutique Holdings

HONG KONG | 960-HK

Longfor Properties

MILAN | SFER-IT

Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A.

HONG KONG | 410-HK

Soho China

HONG KONG | 4-HK

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd.

HONG KONG | 1997-HK

Wharf Real Estate Investment Company

HONG KONG | 20-HK

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.